Tech for Graphics Project 1

In chapter 9 Section 14 I changed the color of the clouds using a color overlay.

Chapter 9 Section 13 I used the free form lasso to create a shadow.

In Chapter 9 Section 12 I was shown the 3 different lasso tools and how to use them.

In Chapter 9 Section 11 I used the quick selection tool to create a mask for the lake.

In Chapter 9 Section 10 I enhanced the foreground of my image.

Chapter 9 Section 9 I added clouds to my composition.

In Chapter 9 section 8 I learned how to refine a selection.

In Chapter 9 Section 7 I was shown how to save and load selections.

In chapter 9 Section 6 I used the magic wand tool to select clouds.

In Chapter 9 Section 5 I aligned a layer to a selection

In Chapter 9 Section 4 I turned a selection into a layer mask.

In Chapter 9 Section 3 I learned how to add and subtract selections as well as intersecting them.

In Chapter 9 Section 2 I painted with the quick selection tool.

Chapter 9 Section 1 I used the marque tools.

In Chapter 8 Section 10 I created a quick and dirty sepia-tone effect.

In Chapter 8 Section 9 I used Vibrance to increase the colors.

In Chapter 8 Section 8 I introduced color to a seemingly colorless picture.

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In Chapter 8 Section 7 I was introduced to the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

In Chapter 8 Section 6 I was taught how to use the vibrance adjustment to change color intensity.

 

In Chapter 8 section 5 I learned how to use the camera raw filter.

In Chapter 8 section 4 I learned how to use photo filter.

In Chapter 8 Section 3 I was taught how to use a Color Balance adjustment to manually adjust colors.

Chapter 8 Section 2 I was taught the two ways to auto correct color which is auto tone and auto color.

Chapter 8 Section 1 I learned how to identify the color cast of a picture.

In Chapter 7 Section 10 I was taught how to reduce the contrast in a picture using a highlights and shadows adjustment.

In Chapter 7 Section 9 I finally used to histogram.

In Chapter 7 Section 8 I was introduced to the histogram.

Chapter 7 Section 7 I was taught how to isolate an adjustment layer using a layer mask.

In Chapter 7 Section 6 I learned a few tricks about adjustment layers such as combining a blend mode with it.

In Chapter 7 Section 5 I was taught how to apply a dynamic adjustment layer.

Chapter 7 Section 4 I was taught how to apply a custom Brightness/Contrast adjustment.

In Chapter 7 Section 3 I learned about the Auto Brightness/Contrast Function and how it can work in tangent with the other 3 auto commands.

Chapter 7 Section 2 I learned about the 3 different auto commands that involve luminance.

Chapter 7 Section 1 I learned what luminance is and how it works.

In Chapter 6 of the video tutorials we are taught all the many different ways to save a piece of work in photoshop with the save as option. This allows us to not only determine where the file will be saved to on our computer but it also allows us to decide what format the file will be saved as such as PSD JPEG or TIFF.

Chapter 5 Section 15 I was taught how to fill a selection with color.

In Chapter 5 Section 14 I learned about scaling rotation and layer masks.

In chapter 5 section 13 I learned the 3 different was to duplicate a layer below is one such way.

Chapter 5 Section 12 I was taught how to implement opacity and blending modes.

In Chapter 5 section 11 I learned how to employ a clipping mask into a previous selection

In Chapter 5 Section 10 I learned how to change the size of the canvas in Photoshop.

In Chapter 5 Section 9 I learned how to move and image from one document to another. For the picture below I simply used the move tool to drag the wing from the second tab and placed it over the first tab. Photoshop then brought up the first tab I moved my cursor down over the canvas and dropped the wing in place.

In Chapter 5 Section 8 I learned how to create and use a threshold layer to find white spots I missed in my brushing of the photo.

In Chapter 5 Section 6 and 7 I learned how to create a new layer and then paint on it to create a completely black frog.

Chapter 5 Section 5 I learned how use brightness and contrast layers to create a silhouette.

In Chapter 5 Section 4 I learned how to make a colored image black and white.

In Chapter 5 Section 3 I learned how to access the transparency settings and adjust them such as making the boxes darker shades.